Orton is a small farming community in the Timaru District and is located just off State Highway 1. It is located north of Orari.
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| Populated places | | Geraldine Ward |
- Arundel
- Blandswood
- Coopers Creek
- Gapes Valley
- Geraldine
- Hilton
- Kakahu
- Mesopotamia
- Mount Peel
- Orari
- Orari Bridge
- Peel Forest
- Pleasant Valley
- Rangitata
- Rangitata Gorge
- Rangitata Island
- Te Moana
- Woodbury
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| Pleasant Point-Temuka Ward | | Pleasant Point Sub-Division |
- Cave
- Hazelburn
- Kerrytown
- Levels Valley
- Opihi
- Opuha
- Pleasant Point
- Raincliff
- Sutherlands
- Totara Valley
- Upper Waitohi
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| Temuka Sub-Division |
- Arowhenua
- Clandeboye
- Milford Huts
- Orton
- Temuka
- Waipopo
- Waitohi
- Winchester
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| Timaru Ward |
- Fairview
- Hadlow
- Levels
- Otipua
- Pareora
- Timaru
- Caroline Bay
- Gleniti
- Glenwood
- Highfield
- Kensington
- Marchwiel
- Parkside
- Redruth
- Seaview
- Timaru Central
- Waimataitai
- Washdyke
- Watlington
- West End
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| Facilities and attractions |
- Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
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| Government |
- District Council
- Mayor
- Regional Council
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Rangitata River |
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Source: Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (Cloudy Peak Range)—Flows into: Canterbury Bight |
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| Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence) |
- Frances River
- Sinclair River
- Lawrence River
- Clyde River
- Havelock River
- Potts River
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| Other features (upstream to downstream) |
- Canterbury Plains
- Rangitata Gorge
- Rangitata Island
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| Longest New Zealand rivers |
- 1: Waikato
- 2: Clutha / Mata-Au
- 3: Whanganui
- 4: Taieri
- 5: Rangitīkei
- 6: Mataura
- 7: Waiau
- 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence
- 9: Waitaki
- 10: Ōreti
- 11: Rangitaiki
- 12: Manawatū
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